Comment Re:Apple Cheating on Benchmarks since 2003 (Score 1) 108
Exactly.
Facebook Autofill Wants To Store Users' Credit Card Info 123
cagraham writes "Facebook has teamed up with payment processors PayPal, Braintree, and Stripe, in an attempt to simplify mobile payments. The system allows Facebook members (who have turned over their credit and billing info) to click a 'Autofill with Facebook' button when checking-out on a mobile app. Facebook will then verify the details, and securely transfer a user's info over to the payment processing company. The move is likely aimed at gathering more data on user behavior, which can be used to increase the prices Facebook charges for mobile ads. Whether or not the feature takes off however, will depend almost entirely on how willing users are to trust Facebook with their credit card data."
Comment Re:HOW MUCH YOU WANNA BET !! (Score 1) 174
Huh? ECC corrects 1-bit errors and detects >1-bit errors. There is no corruption. Stop the nonsense and get off the crack pipe.
USAF Almost Nuked North Carolina In 1961 – Declassified Document 586
Freshly Exhumed sends in a story about how close the United States came to accidentally attacking itself with nuclear weapons just a few days after John F. Kennedy took office.
"A secret document, published in declassified form for the first time by the Guardian today, reveals that the U.S. Air Force came dramatically close to detonating an atom bomb over North Carolina that would have been 260 times more powerful than the device that devastated Hiroshima. The document, obtained by the investigative journalist Eric Schlosser under the Freedom of Information Act, gives the first conclusive evidence that the US was narrowly spared a disaster of monumental proportions when two Mark 39 hydrogen bombs were accidentally dropped over Goldsboro, North Carolina on 23 January 1961. The bombs fell to earth after a B-52 bomber broke up in mid-air, and one of the devices behaved precisely as a nuclear weapon was designed to behave in warfare: its parachute opened, its trigger mechanisms engaged, and only one low-voltage switch prevented untold carnage."
Comment IDIOTS!!!! (Score 1) 214
They totally missed the point of RPi. AFFORDABILITY and ACCESSIBILITY were the main goals. This $200 monster is neither. It will fail BIG time.
Ballmer Admits Microsoft Whiffed Big-Time On Smartphones 278
Nerval's Lobster writes "During an executive Q&A at Microsoft's Financial Analyst Meeting on Sept. 19 (video), outgoing CEO Steve Ballmer admitted that Windows Phone had a minuscule share of the smartphone market, and expressed regret over his company's inability to capitalize on burgeoning interest in mobile devices. 'I regret that there was a period in the early 2000s when we were so focused on what we had to do around Windows that we weren't able to redeploy talent to the new device called the phone,' Ballmer told the audience of Wall Street analysts and investors. 'That is the thing I regret the most.' Back in 2007, Ballmer famously denigrated the first-generation iPhone as an expensive toy that would fail to gain significant market share. He was forced to eat his words after the iPhone became a bestseller and ignited a huge market for touch-screen smartphones. Google subsequently plunged into that smartphone arena with Android, which was soon adopted by a variety of hardware manufacturers. While the iPhone (running iOS) and Android carved up the new market between them, Microsoft tried to come up with its own mobile strategy. The result was Windows Phone, which (despite considerable investment on Microsoft's part) continues to lag well behind Android and iOS in the smartphone wars. Even as he focused on discussing Microsoft's financials, Ballmer also couldn't resist taking some swipes at Google, suggesting that the search-engine giant's practices are 'worthy of discussion with competition authority.' Given Microsoft's own rocky history with federal regulators, that's sort of like the pot calling the kettle black; but Ballmer's statement also hints at how, in this new tech environment, Microsoft is very much the underdog when it comes to some of the most popular and lucrative product segments."
Comment Re:Still no encryption... *sigh* (Score 1) 297
Cite where he promised he'd release source. I'll wait.
Comment Re:Advatages of ZFS over BTRFS? (Score 1) 297
ZFS is gorgeous, whereas BTRFS is, well, usually walking around with a paper bag over its head.
Comment Re:You guys are hilarious! (Score 1) 433
That was a good reply -- you should have posted as a real user :).
Comment You guys are hilarious! (Score 0) 433
You're all "The government is a bunch of liars". So even if they actually told the truth, you would never accept it. That's just awesome :).
Comment Re:Nobel Peace Prize (Score 1) 918
Definitely, but unfortunately, we do not have the power of the Organians to unilaterally destroy all weaponry ;).
Comment This will never be commercially successful (Score 1) 64
This is a niche product that will never ramp to significant volume. You heard it here first.
Comment Re:Meritocracy is now a problem? (Score 1) 372
My guess is the OP will say that taxes are not actually spent on infrastructure improvements in the area in which they live. But who cares? Caltrans spends a lot upgrading roadways all over the state. Look at the 101 project now, FFS.
Qualcomm Says Eight-Core Processors Are Dumb 526
itwbennett writes "Following rival MediaTek's announcement of plans to release an eight-core processor in the fourth quarter, Qualcomm has declared eight-core processors 'dumb'. 'You can't take eight lawnmower engines, put them together and now claim you have an eight-cylinder Ferrari. It just doesn't make sense,' Qualcomm's senior vice president Anand Chandrasekher said, according to a transcript of his comments to Taiwan media provided on Friday. Asked whether Qualcomm would one day launch its own octa-core processor, Chandrasekher said, 'We don't do dumb things.'"
Comment Develop an identity outside of work (Score 2) 299
As someone who has worked for the same company for a long time, my advice is to develop your extra-work identity. Not doing that can cause you to fall into a deep depression if you should lose your job, since your personal identity will have been bound so closely.
